CHOCOLATE VELVET CAKE

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Make and share this Chocolate Velvet Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Boo Chef in West Te

Categories     Dessert

Time 55m

Yield 1 cake, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
3 cups sugar
5 large eggs
2 cups cake flour
1 cup dutch process cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended.
  • Combine cake flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
  • Pour 7 cups batter into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch pan, reserving remaining 1 cup batter.
  • Bake at 350°F for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.
  • Note: Prepare cake batter 1 1/2 more times; stir in reserved 1 cup batter. Repeat procedure for baking the second 13- x 9-inch layer. Spoon 3 cups batter into a greased and floured 9- x 5-inch pan. Bake at 350°F for 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Repeat procedure with remaining batter for baking the second 9- x 5-inch layer.
  • Yield 1 (13- x 9-inch) layer (8 cups batter).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 546.6, Fat 27.4, SaturatedFat 13.2, Cholesterol 129.8, Sodium 279, Carbohydrate 73.2, Fiber 2.8, Sugar 51.6, Protein 6.9

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